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May 17, 1932. J. 5. EAGAN OIL BURNER LIGHTER Filed July 13, 1931 IN VEN TOR. g 020:?

' ATTORNEY.

Patented May 17, 1932- JOHN S. EAGAN, F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND OIL BURNER LIGHTER.

Application filed July 13,

My invention relates to oil burner lighters and is particularly adapted for use in conjunction with fuel oil burners and range oil burners.

The essential objects of my invention are capacity for suspension by and'in the tubular post of the oil stand of an oil range, with out any support other than the post in which the lighter depends, and readily insertible 1 into or removable therefrom; and adaptability for suspension from a nail or other projecting element.

Additional objects are accessibility to remotely located burners, and to remote and restricted portions of the burner heads.

Final objects are simplicity and inexpensiveness.

To the above ends primarily my invention consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying ,drawings which form a part of this specification,

, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my lighter,

Figures 2, 3, and 4, sections of the same on lines 2-2, 3-3, and 4-4 respectively of Figure 1, and

Figure 5, a perspective View of an oil range oil stand in which my burner is suspended,

- and a burner head connected thereto, the

range frame in being omitted.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My burner as herein illustrated consists of a shaft 10 formed of thin sheet metal from an oblong blank transverselybent. The upper portion 13 of the blank is substantially cylindrical. The lower portion 15 of the shaftis somewhat flattened, and in its extremity is frictionally held a portion of an oblong tip 17 partially projecting beyond the extremity of the shaft, and composed of wired asbestos or. other fire resisting absorbent material. I

Pivotally connected with the upper end of the shaft 10 is a ring 19. In this instance the connecting element consists of a cap 21 surrounding and fixed in any convenient manner to the upper extremity of the shaft, and inwhich the head is mounted 1931. Serial No. 550,428.

eluding a spherical end portion or head 23 provided with a diametrical hole 24 in which loosely slides the ring 19, whose. diameter is in excess of that of the shaft.

The lighter may be suspended by placing n the ring over a hail or other pro]ection in proximity to a furnace or other structure by which the burner ishoused or to which the burner appertains.

In Figure 5 an oil range oil stand 27 of common form includes a tubular post 28 partially filled with priming oil. This post supports by a band 30 an oil.bottle 31 which discharges oil by gravity into a-container 33 whence it is carried by a pipe 35 to a burner support 37, through which it discharges in a burner head 38 comprising interspaced concentric cylinders 41. The frame or housing of the range enclosing the burner support and head is not shown.

The tubular post 28 has a closed bottom and an open top. My lighter is adapted, as shown in Figure 5, to normally depend in the post, being supported by the upper end of the latter upon which the lighter ring :19 rests by reason of its greater diameter. The operator when desirous oflighting the burner head has only to thrust his finger through the ring and withdraw the lighter from the oil which has impregnated the tip '17 and then ignite it preparatory to inserting the lighter downwardly between the adjacent walls of the cylinders. The restricted space between the cylinder walls is served by the flattened lower portion of the lighter.

I claim 1. In an 'oil burner. lighter, an integral tubular shaft including a. flattened portion at one end thereof, an oblong ignition tip of fire resistant material gripped by said on flattened portion and projecting from the end thereof, and an annular terminal member pivotally supported upon the other end of the shaft.

2. In an oil burner lighter, an integral 95 tubular shaft comprising a cylindrical portion and a flat portion, an ignition tip secured in and projecting. from the end of the flat portion, a cap mounted u n the end of the cylindrical portion, a bee upon the cap pro- 100 vided with a transverse hole, and a ring mounted in the hole. v

3. In an oil burner lighter, a tubular shaft 1 formed of sheet stock, one end of said shaft being flattened, an ignition tip of fire resistant material mounted in the flattened end of said shaft and projecting therefrom, the edges of said flattened end being rolled over said ignition tip to securely lock said ignition tip in position, a cap mounted on the other end of said shaft, and a ring pivotally secured to said cap.

4. In an oil burner lighter, a tubular shaft having a flattened portion at one end thereof, an ignition tip of fire resistant material gripped in said flattened portion and projecting from the-end thereof, and a terminal member at the other end of said shaft and extending transversely thereof.

5. In an oil burner lighter, atubular shaft of sheet metal, an ignition tip of fire resistant material looked in one end of said sheet metal shaft and projecting therefrom, and a ter-- minal member locked to the other end of said shaft and extending transversely thereof.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

, JOHN s. EAGAN. 

